Bad luck befalls Iggy Azalea, Minaj backup dancer

MTV might want to take the precaution of encasing next year’s VMA performers in bubble wrap next year.

First, the case of Iggy Azalea. The Australian rapper was performing at a benefit gig at Los Angeles’ Avalon club Friday night when she tumbled off the stage while performing Fancy. Security guards gave her a lift to get back up and she got right back into her duet with Charli XCX.

She professed to feeling “very blessed” not to have broken her legs and posted a video of the incident on Instagram, adding the hashtag #StillFinishedTheSongTho.

Meanwhile, MTV News reported that VMA rehearsals were halted Friday after one of Nicki Minaj’s backup dancers was bitten on her left palm by the snake she was handling.